Quinoaballs with green paprikasauce

Quinoa is a superfood but not very tasty by itself. This is a great recipe for non-meatballs, and the quinoa becomes all crispy little granules on the outside, very good!!! It is not difficult but you need to reserve a bit of time for the various stages (stuff has to cool down before the next step. Setting outside in a winter climate also works). Well worth it though!!!

1 cup quinoa (about 135g)

2 onIons

1 carrot

2 cloves garlic

1/2 red pepper

1 tsp cumin powder

1 tsp ketoembar (i think this is ground coriander)

1 slice stale bread

1 whisked egg

50g soft goats cheese

2 green paprikas

2 tblsp thick turkish yoghurt

1 tblsp basil

Chop onion, grate carrot, saute in olive oil, add garlic, half the pepper (without seeds). Add spices. Fry for a few minutes and turn off heat. Wash quinoa in a seive under running water, then bring to boil in 2 cups water and a bit of salt. Turn heat down low with lid on pan. Turn off heat after 7 mins and let sit for another 10 until all water has been soaked up. Stir and let cool. 

Add cooled quinoa to the crumbled bread, plus salt, pepper, onion-carrot mixture, goats cheese, and half the egg in a bowl and mix well. Make balls from the mixture and flatten a bit. Let them set under some plastic wrap in the fridge. Fry the balls in olive oil on medium heat. Turn carefully after 5 mins. 

Chop an onion very finely, remove seeds from paprikas and dice them very small. Saute in olive oil for 15 mins. Add finely chopped garlic toward the end. Let it cool down in a bowl, mix in the yoghurt, salt, pepper and chopped basil. 

Tasty served with salad, good quality bread and the paprika saus. 

Lemon coconut cake YUMMMMM

Even Eva who doesnt like coconut (?!!) loved this. The only drawback to this cake is that it is so lekker you just want to eat it all in one go, so make sure you have plenty people to share it with!! The coconut milk keeps it really moist.

175g soft butter

200g witte basterdsuiker (hmm... No idea what this is outside of NL... Maybe use v fine granulated sugar?)

3 eggs

1,5 limes

50g dried coconut

200g flour

Baking powder

100ml coconut milk

Glazing:

50g soft butter

180g powder sugar

1 lime

Garnish with raspberries or edible flowers (or nothing)

Whip butter and sugar until crystals have completely disappeared (about 10 mins). Add eggs one at a time, keep whipping. Add dried coconut, coconut milk, pinch of salt and juice of 1,5 lime (i also added the zest). Fold in flour and baking powder. 

Butter and flour baking tray, pref. a square one of about 25cm (but a regular one works too). Add cake mix, put in 170 degree C pre-heated oven for about 30 mins (10 mins longer if it is a round tin). Cool down cake, then gently remove, flipping it upside down. 

For the glaze, mix powder sugar, juice of 1/6 lime (???!!! I did 1/2 lime and it was tasty) and 50g soft butter with a mixer. Spread out over the cake and let it harden. Cut into nice squares and garnish if you have anything, and if not just eat it up!!!! Super tasty.